"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.